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Originally Posted by R Leo
We're in pretty good shape as far as mesquite, huisache and cedar go...not exactly sure what cedar we have but it isn't the mountain juniper that's so invasive in the hill country. Ours are big tall ones...we leave them be.
The mesquite is a once a season job...there's always several saplings poking up this time of year and a few that we missed the season before. We carry a roll of engineer's tape in each of the farm vehicles and try and mark them when we're cruising the property. That way, in a few weeks when everything is growing full bore, I'll load up the backpack sprayer with Remedy mix up a giant Jack & Coke and get Dad to drive me around the place in his buggy looking for the pink and orange tape. It's great way to spend the afternoon.
The thing I hate is the damned yaupon. The stuff clumps up around the bases of all my trees where you can't get to with the shredder. The only thing we've come up with for control is to go after them using the gas brushcutter. The Domain alone has over 200 trees...it's a job.
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If it's any solace at all, yaupon is great wild bird food and cover. I remember deer hunting in yaupon at an uncle's ranch outside of College Station. All you could see of the dang deer was legs! I finally got one. Shot the little buck at probably 20 yds with my .270. I swear, you couldn't see a deer farther much away, even though the woods was loaded with them. I could've used a shotgun but (at that time -- early-'60's) Texans took serious offense at scatterguns for deer.